BATTLE CREEK — Cedar Catholic got caught in a blizzard of three-pointers in Monday night’s District title game.

Ainsworth connected on 13-24 treys to earn the 66-65 win over Cedar.

After losing three of their last seven games entering the contest, the Trojans had their backs up against the wall Monday.

Cedar had been rated as the top team in Class C2 earlier this season, but a late January thaw dropped the Trojans in the polls and pushed them all the way down to ninth place in the NSAA power points.

The lower power point rating meant the Trojans could not rely on a wildcard to make it back to the state tournament, as they either had to win or go home Monday.

Ainsworth entered the contest as the top team in the C2 power points, so a loss to Cedar would have still given them a wildcard ticket to State.

The Bulldogs didn’t need it, though, as they rained in three-pointer after three-pointer to stop each and every Cedar rally to earn the C2-5 District title, preventing the Trojans from making their sixth straight trip to the C2 State Tournament.

Fans got a glimpse of what was to come right from the start as Ainsworth got the scoring started with a Brady Delimont trey and Cedar missed its first three from downtown.